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Stripe-legged Robber Fly

Dioctria hyalipennis

The Stripe-legged Robber Fly is a cool insect with long legs and big eyes! It loves to catch other bugs in mid-air, making it a great hunter in the garden.

Lebensraum: Grasslands

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The Stripe-legged Robber Fly is a slender insect with a shiny black body and clear, delicate wings. Its black legs feature distinct bright yellow or orange bands, giving it its striped appearance. It has large, prominent eyes that dominate its head.

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Stripe-legged Robber Fly
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Stripe-legged Robber Fly

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

After catching prey, it injects a special digestive fluid to liquefy its meal from the inside!

Its huge eyes have thousands of tiny lenses, making it a super sharp hunter!

Its larvae live in the soil and are also fierce predators, hunting tiny worms and other grubs!

Some species even mimic buzzing bees or wasps, tricking predators into leaving them alone!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Aerial Ambush Master

Stripe-legged Robber Fly can dart out from a perch to snatch flying prey directly from the air with incredible speed and agility.

Fähigkeit

Paralyzing Proboscis

Stripe-legged Robber Fly has a strong, dagger-like proboscis that delivers paralyzing venom to quickly subdue its insect victims.

Fähigkeit

360-Degree Vision

Stripe-legged Robber Fly has large, multifaceted compound eyes that help them track and pinpoint even the fastest moving prey.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
15-30 mm
Größe
8-15 mm
Lebenserwartung
30-60 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
25 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

A fierce hunter of other insects, catching them right out of the air!

Altersunterschiede: Larvae are predators of small soil invertebrates, while adults hunt flying insects.

Hauptnahrung

  • Flies
  • Gnats
  • Leafhoppers
  • Aphids
  • Small bees

Nahrungssuche

  • Ambush

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

hunts

House Fly

Musca domestica

Preys on adult flies

hunts

Black Bean Aphid

Aphis fabae

Eats various small insects

eaten by

Great Tit

Parus major

Preyed upon by birds

eaten by

European Garden Spider

Araneus diadematus

Can get caught in webs

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

These flies are not dangerous, but it's best to watch them from a distance.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Stripe-legged Robber Fly?

15-30 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Stripe-legged Robber Fly?

8-15 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Stripe-legged Robber Fly?

30-60 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Stripe-legged Robber Fly?

25 km/h

Was frisst Stripe-legged Robber Fly?

A fierce hunter of other insects, catching them right out of the air!

Wo findet man Stripe-legged Robber Fly normalerweise?

Grasslands

Wie jagt Stripe-legged Robber Fly?

Ambush

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Stripe-legged Robber Fly?

6

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